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The Swimming Pool Excavation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip and falls
- unexpected vehicle movement
- 2. Site Inspection
- Exposure to harmful substances
- contact with power lines
- 3. Establishing Boundaries
- Slips on uneven surfaces
- miscommunication
- 4. Excavation Planning
- Collapse of sidewalls
- falling into excavation hole
- 5. Machinery Operation
- Contact with moving parts
- noise exposure
- 6. Soil Stockpiling
- Dust inhalations
- instability of piled soil
- 7. Underground Utilities Checking
- Striking underground utilities
- electrocution
- 8. Excavation Process
- Falling objects
- uncontrolled collapse
- 9. Installation of Support Structures
- Heavy lifting
- structural collapse
- 10. Water Removal
- Drowning
- slips and trips
- 11. Inspector's Review
- Lack of knowledge
- false reports
- 12. Backfilling
- Cave-ins
- struck by equipment
- 13. Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Chemical exposure
- puncture wounds
- 14. Barrier Installations
- Inadequate barrier strength
- lack of visibility
- 15. Safety Signage Installation
- Poor positioning
- ineffective communication
- 16. Final Inspection
- Omitted areas
- disregard of safety measures
- 17. Clean up
- Improper waste disposal
- slip and trip hazards
- 18. Debriefing and Reporting
- Miscommunication
- incomplete reports
- 19. Equipment Maintenance
- Improper handling
- inadequate maintenance
- 20. Review and Update SWMS
- Outdated information
- overlooked hazards